Department of Defence Production
The full form of DDP is Department of Defence Production.
Objective of DDP
- The Department of Defence Production (DDP) was set up in November 1962.
- Its’ objective of developing a comprehensive production infrastructure to produce the weapons, systems, platforms, equipment required for Defence.
- The Department has established wide ranging production facilities for various defence equipment through Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
- The products manufactured include arms and ammunition, tanks, armoured vehicles, heavy vehicles, fighter aircrafts and helicopters, warships, submarines, missiles, ammunition, electronic equipment, earth moving equipment, special alloys and special purpose steels.
Organizations Under DDP
The main organizations under the Department of Defence Production are as follows:
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
- Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
- BEML Limited (BEML)
- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)
- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE)
- Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)
- Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL)
- ADVANCED WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT INDIA LIMITED (AWEIL)
- GLIDERS INDIA LIMITED (GIL)
- TROOP COMFORTS LIMITED (TCL)
- Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL)
- Munitions India Limited (MIL)
- Yantra India Limited (YIL)
- India Optel Limited (IOL)
- Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA)
- Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA)
- Directorate of Standardization (DOS)
- Directorate of Planning & Coordination (Dte. of P&C)
- Directorate of Ordnance (Coordination and Services), DOO(C&S)
- Defence Exhibition Organization (DEO)
DDP Website
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